The effect of protein and essential amino acid supplementation on muscle strength and performance in patients with chronic heart failure: a systematic review.

Simon Nichols Gordon McGregor Abdallah Al-Mohammad Ali N Ali Garry Alan Tew Alasdair F O'Doherty

Published in: European journal of nutrition (2019)

The limited quality of the studies makes firm conclusions difficult, however protein and/or EAA supplementation may improve important outcome measures related to sarcopenia. High-quality randomised controlled studies are needed.

Keyphrases

amino acid
protein protein
case control
skeletal muscle
randomized controlled trial
ejection fraction